Hello fellow users of the computer,
It's about time I upgraded this 6-year-old lappy. But, I'm seriously conflicted regarding which step to take. Mac, or Windows? I'm leaning towards Mac, as I've kind of always wanted one, I can't stand their keyboards - or the mouseless mouse. And my desk isn't the right size to allow me to just plug in external ones (well, maybe a mouse...)
What do I use my computer for? Right now, mainly music and older games. Small freeware games for Mac would probably be enough to occupy my time. Plus, Mac's can have the other OS - a luxury Windows doesn't have without some seriously annoying hacking. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
bkev said:
Plus, Mac's can have Windows - a luxury Windows doesn't have without some seriously annoying hacking.
That's funny, my Windows computer came with Windows - no hacking required. Maybe you should buy from a reputable dealer.
What, you expected a helpful post from me? ;-)
Cheeky, Frank, cheeky.
A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em
In all seriousness, I've only used PC except for my parent's and sister's Mac laptops every great once in a while. I've been using PC for so long, and am so used to it, that it drives me crazy trying to use a Mac.
I think there was a similar off-topic thread not too terribly long ago that might give you some answers.
Get a Mac and learn how to use it. My Mac skills aren't bad, but I really wish I knew more of them. I am non-denominational when it comes to PC vs. Mac or Pepsi vs. Coke. I just want to be as fluent in Mac as I am in PC.
I've used Macs for years (mostly the same one bought when I was a lot better off) and I find them much more secure and robust than Windows machines (less irritating too) but to be honest if I were needing to get a new machine now I'd probably get machine without anything and install Ubuntu.
For one thing you can get a large sum knocked off with some dealers for not having Windows pre-installed.
Almost any application you can imagine has an open source cousin which costs nothing and it's just as secure (if not more) as a Mac but as cheap any machine that would run Windows.
The number of relatives and friends I have with machines clogged up with malware and viral attacks or sitting on expensive applications that they can no longer upgrade without forking out even more money is shocking.
Their usual response is to throw the machine away when it would work perfectly well for their needs if they only purged Windows and went over to Linux (they could continue to run most of their Windows apps through Wine).
I recommend anyone to try it (you can install it on a partition and keep Windows if you must or even try it out from a flash RAM or a DVD).
You can even make the system look and feel like Windows or OS X if you like.
Like moving over to any browser but Internet Exploder you have nothing to lose but your chains.